KBR Park flyover works hit usage of Hyderabad’s automated parking tower

Ongoing steel flyover works and one-way traffic restrictions around KBR Park are affecting usage of Hyderabad's first automated multi-level parking tower. Officials said occupancy is around 50%, with motorists citing difficult access, barricades, construction activity and traffic congestion.

Hyderabad: The recently commenced steel flyover works, taken up after shelving the earlier multi-facility project involving flyovers and underpasses, around the KBR Park, are not only triggering major traffic bottlenecks and carriageway restrictions, but also impacting Hyderabad’s first automated multi-level car parking facility.

With the traffic continuing to flow in a one-way loop and the groundwork for the steel flyover in progress, motorists are giving a lukewarm response to the automated multi-level car parking facility at KBR Park’s main entrance (Entry-1).

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The smart RFID-enabled automated multi-level car parking facility was inaugurated on November 1, 2025. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation had launched a Korean-style vertical rotary parking tower to accommodate 72 cars with RFID access, electric vehicle charging points, and 24/7 CCTV surveillance.

Heavy machinery and barricades for the proposed steel flyover from Jubilee Hills Check Post to NFCL Junction have narrowed road space, prompting traffic police to enforce strict peak-hour diversions. Despite reduced roadside space and intensified enforcement, many daily joggers and local visitors remain reluctant to use the automated tower.

“The parking facility has recorded only 50% occupancy since GHMC began earth excavation work,” a senior official said. Ongoing construction and one-way traffic around KBR Park have complicated entry and exit routes to the parking bay and are deterring commuters, the official added.

Some of the users pointed out they could not access the parking tower amid flyover works and gridlock. They urged civic authorities to integrate clear access into the construction-phase traffic management plan and strictly enforce no-parking rules along the tower’s periphery.